This present Thursday, July 1, 1824, will be acted the comedy of The School for scandal. Previous to the play, Cherubini's celebrated Overture to Anacreon ... at the end of the play, Master Birch (a boy only twelve years old) will perform on the flute, Drouet's celebrated variations to "God save the King" ... A comic song, Mr. Rayner, after which will be acted, the interlude of A day after the wedding ; or, A wife's first lesson ... to which will be added the melo-drama of The Forest of Bondy or, The dog of Montargis.

Record ID: 
402686
Accession number: 
PMC 1119.1
Title: 
This present Thursday, July 1, 1824, will be acted the comedy of The School for scandal. Previous to the play, Cherubini's celebrated Overture to Anacreon ... at the end of the play, Master Birch (a boy only twelve years old) will perform on the flute, Drouet's celebrated variations to "God save the King" ... A comic song, Mr. Rayner, after which will be acted, the interlude of A day after the wedding ; or, A wife's first lesson ... to which will be added the melo-drama of The Forest of Bondy or, The dog of Montargis.
Published: 
[London] : W. Reynolds, 9, Denmark-court, Strand, 1824.
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Cary Fund in 1998.
Notes: 

Cast of The school for scandal: Sir Peter Teazle by Mr. W. Farren; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Fawcett; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Jones; Joseph Surface, Mr. Bennett; Charles Surface (first time) Mr. Cooper; Crabtree, Mr. Blanchard; Careless, Mr. Baker; Rowley, Mr. Chapman; Moses, Mr. Keeley; Snake, Mr. Claremont; Trip, Mr. Horrebow; Lady Teazle by Miss Chester; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Vining; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Gibbs; Maria, Miss Love; Maid, Miss Boden. In act III a song by Mr. Taylor.
Cast of A day after the wedding: Col. Freelove, Mr. Jones; Lord Rivers, Mr. Claremont; James, Mr. Atkins; John, Mr. Louis; Lady Elizabeth Freelove, Mrs. Gibbs; Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Pearce.
Cast of The forest of Bondy: Col. Gontran, Mr. Chapman; Capt. Aubri, Mr. Baker; Lieut. Macaire, Mr. Farley; Lieut. Landry, Mr. Connor; The Seneschal of Bondy, Mr. Egerton; Florio (a dumb orphan), Mrs. Vining; Blaise, Mr. Blanchard; Dame Gertrude, Mrs. Davenport; Lucille, Miss Love; in act , a pastoral ballet, by Mess. Austin, O'Bryan, Collett, J. Cooper, Grant, Heath, Sutton; Mesdames Bates, Boden, Louis, Shotter Twamley, Vials, Wells.
At foot of sheet: are descriptions of upcoming performances of John Bull, The faree of cent. per cent, The school of reform, The Irish tutor, The hunter of the Alps, King Henry the Fourth, first part, and others.

Associated names: 

Reynolds, William, active 1823-1843, printer.